Telegram-herald., 1887-08-09


4l1 sal1 lst hiBs show 1g znd I'll s10E
Him- I .o.1 my husband ne oetlsr stay in
doout aalf a. hour before ths shooting
- tars s4;d &c Eould 81 Dy husband niy
aqsoAsd szs tfteen feet from % hsr4 when
Ae Gfsc. q Hara vas north " ny husband
Charlie sas going toward the road. 1nen
The shoE Nas afee mg husband s2s xoi x
toward nm, - Hara carried me gun IN his
fizlf aand. BE- lad The gun raised about IS
h-xh - nls waist when my husband nresi;
mY husband had gos i've or six reds from
the house UAen hs nred be vas llsE south
Of the sasaIras Oas1. little toward ths
hOCsss / came cut Of TIE bedroom nscause
heard - Hzra swear. l expected trouble.
Just a. my husband ieff the porch % hara
said. I'D d-n yOu. II shoot you, Charlie
sad, shoot Who, ~ Hara said. you, Hars
s4s going from bis potato patch toward the
ROAD / don't know WHISTLER / said yester
day 70 he officer that my husband seat
cut nrst and then came back for his gu1s
it sas not true II did say 50; Just after the
shot Was nred saw a man going by on
horseback toward the south; my husband
did not talk with the man; be wzs not close
enough. 1 could have heard them II they
had been taking / did not kAow the man.
they exchanged no words be was riding
SLOW when hrst saw him he had passed
D Hara"
SalOma A. Nscard. mother Of the BOYS. q
neatly dressed, intelligent looking lady.
vas next sworn and said: Il know the
gun, Willie took the gun 70 Charles
house Sunday forenoon. he was . great
hand TOR hunting he said they were going
20 shut the gate so nothing could get into
the STACK, the witness related the story OF
the troubles between Charlie and o Hara IS
gwen IN yesterdays fELEGRAs- HERALD,
and being further Questioned, said. Nellie
came down - our mousse for pail Of water
Ia the forenoon and told me that O'Hara
Was Ia the potato patch and said be would
Kill Charlie II he came out, l
told her that Charlie better keep in the
house and have no trouble. she said that
she had told him so. too, and that he was
in the house" Mrs. Aacard then explained
that Wilies gun was kept in the cupboard
ia TIE kitchen. and THAI he had his shells
loaded down town, bat a careful search on
her part failed TO reveal either blank or
loaded shells in the house.
An adjournment was then taken until
afternoon 10 allow DR.. Graves time TO finish
the post mOrtem examination on the body
OF . Hara. At $3.50 o'clock the Jurors re-
assembled at the office of the Prosecuting
Attorney 10 conclude the examination OF
the witnesses.
DR.. 5. Z. Graves who performed the post
mortem. was sworn and said: al knew
Michael o Hara in his lifetime / made
the post mortem. l found 81 wounds,
made by twenty-six or twenty swan
shots; several shots entered mis- chest; the
shots that caused his death pierced the
arorta causing sufficient hem0rrhage : TO
cause almost instant death; his kidneys
were diseased, but all the other organs
were healthy.
Joseph McGrain was sworn and said:
l.
have known the Macard boys about four
years aud O'Hars ever since can remem-
Der: ! live three miles from them; |
saw the Mscards and O'Hara about l
O'Clock Sunday afternoon; had been 10 the
city and was returning home on horseback:
as came over the bill north of Macard's |
saw o. Hars going into the potato patch
from the road: l exchanged time Of day
with him and passed on; saw Charles Ma
card and talked with him; he was in front
of his house and in the road; he asked
| about the horse; O'Hara said to him, I'll
kill you; Nacard said, kill who2 and ne
answered you; Mscard passed in front ofmy
horse three times think; saw VIII Ma.
| card ON the porch of the house in front oi
me; when | started of / heard the
shot. bat did not stop: while I was LOOKING
at viii, Charlie fired the shot which started
| my horse, and when | could stop him
| looked back and saw O. Hsra bent over; ht
never asked me to stand between him ana
o. Hars Nacard was four rods from de
ceased and when he fired the shot be said
II couldn't help it, Joe did It in self de-
| fense," Macard bad told o Hara not &c
come any nearer; the horse and buggy was
back of the road, there was no woman on
| stoop; woman dressed IN white was to be
seen inside; VIII was on the
porch about four rods from the
house: think O'Hara had pip.
| q his mouth wnen I first saw him; the last
I noticed Of O'Hars he was coming through
| the bars; during the conversation O'Hars
vas in his own lot; be had no more than
F, time 20 raise up from coming
through the bars before the
shot was fired: the talk between O Hara and
horse was going fast when Charlie said he
cid 70 in self defense
Willie Nacsrd, brother OF Charles Macard
| was sworn and said: Il went up TO my
brothers in the forenoon saw o Hara in his
l lot WAS there about half an hour. / was
/ only there once, went in a horse and
I buggy, 10 was about noon and ! had moi
been there before that day did not carry
the gun there; / had traded il TO my brother
| FOR n watch some time before the sth o.
| July; the gun wGs ~ my house last time
/
/ / had not run upstairs into mothers room
% look az it where It w0s kept; my hors:
was east OF the house after nry brother
went out Of the house with hi.
gun saw OHara in Bis
| held he was shouting I'll shoe
you. and ne came ont of the bars before ms
/ brother shot. my brother told McsIrsin n.
would ike % get behind his horse, when
be dred the shot my brother wss three Of
four feet from &cGrsins horse; my
brothers wife was In the house when the
shot was fired did not see her or the
porch. I Vas on the porch. and was going
/ thr0Dgh The house to get the horse. [ did
! uot iook az o. Hsra after the shot was fred
/ my brother came into the house and ssif
| he'd done something be hadn't ought TO
/ We talked some about what vas bssi 20 Il
/ and decided 20 come down and give him
self I'D. he thought Il was better 10 lee
/ hero than 70 run away and swim three o'
/ four miles or jump seven OF eizh
/ trains and be caught ~ the sheriff
/ 7 saT my brother wife when I came ur
F. % h's house. Charlie vas sitting on th.
I porch when came up 70 the house. he had
/ 20 40 in the house to get his gun
Aifsr carefully sizing I'D The evidence
che my after mature deliberstion delivered
/ the following verdict rhst the sal,
Michael - 'HsFa came % bis death on fh.
{ 1la day Of August. iss7 IN TIE township o
+ Wreninx. Ne0t county. Michigan. a. o'
I about I oclccE ?. ul.. from tne effsc.s 81
cun shot wo1ncs from a shofEaa ioaao.
. with shot n ths hsnds # Charles Nscari
thae the evidence shows thst tba shoo,inl
( vas prerue.ii ssfed On The part of Charlie
/ Macar3 ard that William M&card was a.
( accessory Before the fsc1."
tFron the testimony Of the Witnesses a
given above. a. o'is one Of whom were 10
tsgestsd parties in shielding the Ascar0
hovs e vi be seen that b ls very conal lci